Watch guard



April 15, 1924. I 1,490,871

- R. A. WAGNER WATCH GUARD Filed July 12 1922 INV TOR.

By 5W A TTORNE Y.

Patented Apr. 15, 1924.

PATENT ounce.

RUIPEB'I A. WAGNER, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

WATCH GUARD.

Application filed July 12, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUPERT A. VVAGNnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Paul. in the county of Ramsey and State of Minn. haveinvented new and useful Improvements in \Vatch Guards, or which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a watch guard and has for its primary objectthe construction of av watch guard that may be very readily connected toa belt.

An object of the invention is to provide a watch guard that may beconnected to a belt and readily slide thereon.

Besides the above my invention is distinguished in the novel manner offorming the loop member so that the limbs thereof may be snapped intoand out of connection with each other so that the device may be used forvarious purposes.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention will be betterunderstood from the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view ofthe watch guard.

Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the loop member.

Fig. 3 is a similar view partly in section.

Fig. 4: is an edge elevation of another form of my invention.

At the start I wish to call attention to the fact that although I havedescribed my invention as a watch guard there are various other uses towhich the invention may-be put, such as for the purpose of supportingkeys from the belt.

Referring to the drawing and more Serial No. 574,492.

particularly to Figures 1, 2 and 3 the numeral l designates a loopmember formed from a band bent to provide the limbs 22 and 3 and yoke 4.with the ends partly curved as indicated at 5 adapted to have snappingengagement with each other there- 'by enabling the limbs to be sprungapart for making connection. The yoke 4: has an ear stamped therefromwhich is connected by a ring 7 and chain 8. A catch 9 is connected tothe end of the chain. In Fig. 4 I have shown the loop member 10 asconstructed without curved overlapping ends and provide a link 11 of aformation to engage around the yoke.

It is of course to loeunderstood that the loop member may be constructedin various other manners than illustrated and ornamented in a variety ofways, and there fore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner exceptas set forth in the claim hereunto appended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

A device of the class described including a loop formed from a singlestrip of material bent upon itself to form an arcuate intermediateportion, arms extending from, each end of the arcuate portion inparallel relation, the ends of said arms being curved inwardly towardeach other to form arcuate members for overlapping engagement with eachother to provide a normally closed arcuate end portion, and a loopmember struck. out from the central portion of the arcuate intermediateportion of the strip.

In testimony whereof I atiix my signature.

RUPERT A. IVAGNER.

